Billionaires justify their wealth by reference to the free market. In an efficient free market their would be no billionaires. The operation of supply and demand would prevent the excess profits necessary to accumulate that wealth from being present for long enough.

The price of a Mars bar hides a multitude of value transactions, farmers, logistics, energy, marketing, retail, health, education etc. The fairness of the distribution is meant to be assured by the market. It isn't. Power distorts. Makes the rich and the poor.

Inheritance tax is a form of deffered taxation, as is the case with pension funds. When people argue about iht, they should state what other form of taxation they would like increased instead. VAT? Income tax? Fuel duty? Or what expenditure should be cut. Pensions? In work benefits?

When discussing the economy we often talk of a lack of money and we mean a lack of money. But sometimes we mean a lack of productive capacity on which money can be spent. Important to know which. And that one affects the other.

Far too often we talk in absolutes, a is good b is bad, rather than talk about achieving balance.